With regard to people who don't like Colour and Chat, there's a mute button, they can watch your beautiful colouring and not listen to what you're talking about. Personally I love it, and I'm so glad that you decided to carry on with the Colour and Chat videos. Thank you for taking the time to share your skills :)
As an author I respect how you help protect artists of coloring books. People who create for a living deserve to earn fairly from their work. Thank you.
You're VERY welcome! I'm a writer (that's what I do for a living) so trust me.. I really do get it. It sucks when people don't give you credit or take something from you. That's part of why it's important to me. :)
I'm a Polychromos girl myself but you are so RIGHT about all of us having different opinions. We are all searching for the happy place and good for all of those who have (and are still enjoying the searching journey). We should for sure SUPPORT each other on our quest. Exactly like life. I don't like trash talk either. Art is so subjective. YOU ARE NOT RAMBLING. What you said is true and needs to be voiced. I know that this video is 5 years old as I write this comment but it is still as true today as it was then.Thanks so much for this video. So much good and true information.👍🏻❤
I applaud your integrity about insiting on crediting the artist and publisher of images posted to your group. Not only is it “safe”, but it is teaching the next generation to respect originators of art.
Thanks so much! You are giving me some confidence by saying that no one is a failure ....and just relax.....period. But I posted a pic I had done in a coloring group...no comment...none! I can't help it...it hurt my feelings!
I love this gal and listening to her chat while I color. So much of what she’s saying about coloring applies to life at large. More kindness and appreciation is good for our whole planet right now.
Hi Erin. You have a really nice channel. I enjoy listening to it in the background when coloring etc. So here is my opinion....I think what is really pathetic is that so many people jumped on the band wagon and bought coloring books and pencils, then got bored because they realize that it takes time and patience and that there is no instant gratification. In this day and age there are many people who were born after 1995 that need instant gratification because of the invention of the internet and the smart phone. If something can not hold their attention long enough then it is not worth it to them. It is really sad when one thinks about that. RU-vid is great for learning and listening to in the background. People need to know how to pick up a pencil and communicate or create and not rely solely on technology for the answers. If the planet ever lost power temporally for what ever reason, a lot of young people would be completely lost and have no idea what to do.
I have been coloring for awhile now. I color everyday if only for 5-10 minutes. I am just now finding my style and its different from most colortubers i watch, but watching all of you has helped me find my style. I'm really happy with where my coloring is going now. I'll never color like someone else but that's great cause I want to have my own style.
I've been coloring for several years, mostly mandalas before the craze took off. One evening I decided to do a tube search for coloring and found Pete Hewitt and it warmed my heart to learn that there was a whole world out there for like minded individuals with the same passion.
I love your take on it all and your kindheartedness towards others. Keep up the great work. Coloring had helped me get through covid and breast cancer and surgery.😘🥰🥰🥰
Great video! When you were saying "don't take my word for it" I was so waiting for you to start singing the Reading Rainbow song :) Haha. I remember when I just started out coloring I used markers and gel pens, thinking I would NEVER be able to do all the shading and blending you need to do with pencils. Now pencils are my favorite medium, and I love what I can create. It just takes practice and discovering what works best for you :)
Take a look... it's in a book... ROFL That's awesome. I laughed pretty hard at that. And you're so right! It's all about just taking your time, exploring... and for someone like me who didn't have much starting out, it's about doing your research before you start upgrading your stuff. :)
I so needed to hear this tonight. I was feeling down and upset as I lost a few subscribers and was so ready to say " I quit" as I just thought I needed to give up. But after talking to my partner and listening to your video, I'm going to keep going and trying. Thankyou for encouraging me and making the videos you do x
Awww! I'm so, so glad you're going to keep going!!! I enjoy your videos so much!! :) You're welcome, and I'm excited to see what you come up with next.
My big issue is wanting to play with colored pencils, but finding markers make me happier for vibrancy, BUT loving gel pens for their glitter.. I just want It ALL!! 😅
This is my first time watching your video. I subscribed to it. I like videos where people talk. So I don't mind them very much. I enjoy colouring when I am watching shows online. Or watching tutorials on colouring. Colouring is my therapy.
I'm a trooper I agree with everything you said on this video and I love the vid. coloring is to be fun remember the most stress we had as a child was don't go out the line. lol.keep up the good work. thank you. oh am a new sub.
Hi 👋, I have to say that although I stumbled onto your channel, looking for inspiration because I purchased some coloring pencils, markers, and coloring books. And you have not disappointed Love your chatting and your coloring techniques 👍 oh just received the 100 Flowers coloring book! Thanks for sharing sweetie 🥰 take good care, enjoy your week !!! 🌈🌸🌺🌻🦋
I love your you tube video style.. you color and explain as you go along..I love ❤️ the chats that you share about your life..not a fan of speed coloring to music 🎵 only.. I need instructions and product information and you provide that!! TFS 👍
Love your channel! It's so helpful! Here is my own advice: My art, My World! Fancy art supplies are only as good as the artist. I'm never going to be famous. I color and paint because it makes Me happy. I have a set of Soucolor (180 different colors on Amazon for about $30), plus I still use Crayola, Roseart pencils, and metallic and neon sets I got from 5 Below (and gel pens also from 5 Below.) and I'm happy! In my own opinion (which is the only one that matters) is that I do a great job! It makes me happy, calms my stress, and helps with my ADD. That said, I do appreciate tips, techniques constructive criticism to advance my skill. I have synesthesia (a great side effect of my Autism) so I can physically and emotionally feel colors. So art makes me happy, which is the entire point of why everyone is here. Be brave, experiment, use color combos you wouldn't normally, color outside the lines, and get crazy with it. Don't worry about all the rest because it will all come together naturally. 😜 That's just my opinion. Thanks for reading.
I just stumbled upon this video during my quest to soak up every last bit of information, knowledge and eye candy as my middle aged brain can process! This is all fairly new to me and I’m in love 🥰 Anyway, I LOVED your video so much that I’ve sent my husband to bed alone, gathered up but not limited to.....a snack, a glass of ice water, pen & paper (for notes) and iPhone charger. My feet are up, pen in hand, tv turned down and I’m off to binge watch all of your RU-vid videos!! I added you on Facebook and Instagram. Liked the video!! Vickie in Michigan
I think those who are in disagreement have a right to disagree and make their opinions known, too. I'll respect that. It bothers me more when people truly expect me to change my entire way of doing things because they don't like it. Sorry, but that's not happening. :) I enjoy it this way and I always said if it ever started feeling like work, I wouldn't do it anymore. I also agree with you that people should never feel intimidated. We don't feel intimidated to cook for our families dinner because there are great chefs, and we don't avoid taking pictures of our kids because there are great photographers. We do these things anyway because we want to, and because it brings us happiness. Coloring should be no different. Thank you, May!
Myself, I love a bit of everything when it comes to the Colortube community videos. And I tend to love getting to know the people in front of the camera. If I watch someone, Colortubers, Witches, Pagans, etc. I love learning as much as anyone is willing to share about themselves. I have made wonderful friends thanks to YT. And I hope to continue to do so. Much love
When it comes to colored pencils it also depends where people live. While people in USA might be easily able to purchase prismacolors open stock, in Czech Republic its almost mission impossible. On the other hand i can get Koh-i-noor Polycolor open stock in almost every art or stationery store ...
Don't miss an opportunity. No matter how long you've been a colorist, watch beginner videos again. What you "didn't get" the first time may be just what you're looking for today. I find a lot of Aha! moments that way.
Love your attitude about the coloring community and for everyone to have a good time and experience with each other. That's what it's all about. I think it's good to talk about it now and then. Good for the heart and soul of us all. There...now I said mine.
Hi. I enjoy your channel. I just want to let you know that the professional colorists color the pages of sequential art at the studios of Marvel and DC comics, as well as Image, and IDW, Dark Horse comics just to name a few. Plus usually the penciler drawing childrens' books and graphic novels hire colorists to color their work.
Great video!! Thank you for the encouragement. Im just getting back into coloring after almost a year of not coloring. I also hate that createspace paper that amazon uses and was a little frustrated with coloring while using those books. I recently started to copy the designs from my amazon coloring books onto cardstock paper and I've really been enjoying my color pencils since. The paper really does make a different! Also I really enjoy your videos. I also love watching channels like Chris Cheng but I these types of channels for me are only good for inspiration and can't really answer my questions lol. Channels like yours where people share tips and experience have really made a huge difference in my progress as a colorist😊... plus I can color as I listen lol
Different videos for different audience, it's perfect like that. The only thing I don't deal good with is the people disliking a video.. if one doesn't like it, they can just switch to something they do like, I mean it's not like they are forced to watch what they don't like right ? lol.. but yeah, who am I? In either way, I love watching and listening to you
I think people can dislike videos if they want to do so. It just helps when they say why they're disliking it. Otherwise, I have no idea what they don't like!
I love all kinds of videos. But I love Color and Chat a lot as I feel that I get to know a lot more about the colorist and learn about technique and different ways to color using different mediums. Thank You for the Apologizing issue, what you said speaks to me. I have come to realize that I can't make everyone happy. There are a few new color tubers as well.
I love it that there are more ColorTubers! The more, the merrier in my opinion. I just know lots of people are struggling with trying to make people happy with their content, and there's just no way to satisfy everyone. You'll wear yourself out and give yourself a breakdown trying. Took me a while to figure it out, but when I did it was like getting smacked in the face with a brick. Just wanted to share my thoughts - glad you think it helped.
You voiced a lot of the things that I'm dealing with. I'm always working to improve my channel and sometimes only you can be the judge of what is working and not working on your channel. I am getting better with the fact that I can't make everybody happy. Only can make myself happy.
Thank you for doing these tutorials. I am more comfortable sharing my digital colors than I am with other media. I do color with pencils and Copics but I never felt positive about sharing them with anyone. Pencils and copics have helped me through some hard times. Those times are now behind but I still love to color. Now, with your vidoes , I have learned alot, incuding that fact that I should not be self concience about my work. :-) Thanks again Erin.
I take the term "professional" as meaning that someone has spent a long time perfecting their craft, whatever that might be. It is very rare when someone starts out something new that they will excel at it. Of course, not everyone has the same level of abilities as everyone else. As long as one strives to improve upon their talent, and does the best that they r able to do, they will be satisfied with their work. Thanks for sharing ur educational videos! :)
I think you are amazing. I like your style of coloring AND communicating. The color and chat was perfect to learn something while I was working out!! Thank you. I'm a fan.❤
You have been such an inspiration. Today has been my give up day. I have having issues with paper and skin. And I'm the practice, practice person. Hopefully I will have my coloring moment of clarity.
Good morning it's New Year's Eve 2019. I just found your RU-vid channel and I found it very entertaining and very useful. This is the second video that I'm watching. The first one you talked about strangling your pencils you talked about finding those out soft cushions that you put on the pencils that you bought 20 of them. I'm this morning I am watching this I love the way you are your smooth slow just chit-chat like that. I would love to join your channel I just got to find it. And I'm new to penciling totally new LOL
Although I tend to watch the mainly tutorial type color channels like Pencil Stash, Passion for Pencils and Peta Hewitt I also enjoy color and chat sometimes as well. Thank you for bringing us all along on your coloring journey.
Love your style and good advice. I would love to Join you on F/B I will give it ago. .I have been coloring for a while now, I did as you said and did some research first. I really enjoy it. Thank you Sara x
There are so many different type of Color Tubers out there you can find what you are looking for. No 1 person can please everyone so don't try! Do what you want to do as a Color Tubist. I appreciate every Color Tubist and what they have to offer.
I just found your channel today! I'm inspired! I do a lot of art journaling, card making and wanted to explore improving my pencil art coloring skills. After researching several artists on youtube, I love watching your channel. I will email you about joining your fb group. I find this art very meditative and relaxing. I so agree with you about doing what makes you happy. Look forward to spending many more hours watcing your vids, I've learned so much. Thanks for sharing and posting.
I love the intro music. Anything with a strong beat gets me dancing. That's a good thing. FYI: This is my 29th anniversary! Isn't it amazing that we all have to be told to just try everything we're interested in? I'm gonna say , "I'm sorry", to you. I sure wish you didn't have to repeat yourself. But, we are human, and some of us thirst for knowledge. That's me! Tell everything! But, don't you fret. If I want to know something, I look for it. Books, videos, and my own experience in looking back and recognizing how far I've come. So, just do what you need to do. I understand. (hopefully that's a "we" as well) Thanx, Mindy
Hey Erin!! I am catching up on ur videos... and not sure if my comment will pop up in ur recents. Hope so. Girl... YOU ROCK!!! I soo totally agree with ur remarks in this video!!! When the day is done, we are all different and human. And none of us are perfect. Mom used to say... lol, “You can’t please all the people all the time... so be respectful and kind, and please yourself.” Just not at the cost of another’s feelings!!! I went and visited Peta Hewitt and Wow! Thanx for mentioning her to us. She’s sooo calm and quiet, easy to listen to and watch. Enjoyable and I did learn some things I wanted to know about but didn’t know how to ask for... 🤪 Love ya girl and happy ur back!!! BG
I am so delighted you know exactly what you like and what you don't care for. You seem to have an awesome view of individuality. We are in America or I am, perhaps you are too, and it is always a pleasure to be informed that we all have a voice and an opinion and can speak and do as we please within reason and the law. I would hate it if you have been offended to such a degree to have to go on to this extent to be heard. I really am so sorry because you seem to be talented and certainly have a whole lot to share. I hate to hear RU-vid is so fragile because as you say everyone has a right to their own opinion. I try to point out everyone's gifts and comment and encourage them, and never leave negative comments. Who needs that. I am an adult, like you say, and I know how to go on to something else if the content isn't what I thought it was going to be. This is my first time to see you, and I watched until the end to see if the content was going to be consistent or if there was going to be do, show, and tell. I got the telling part and it concerns me that you are so burdened down by what you say should bring one joy and happiness. If people have been critical of you or pestered you about your opinions on materials and what not, maybe they will take your advice and tune into other channels for information seeking questions from the other professionals you referred us to. Listing the products you use should be ample info for viewers to figure out your likes, there is certainly no need for you to have to once again defend yourself to the point of being burdened and bothered. The best reaction about drama is to pay it no attention. Most of the drama occurs within one's own community channels, not the viewers. I guess there is a lot of competition that viewers don't make ourselves aware of, like people within the "coloring" or "crafting" channels. You make a great point that when you are tired, take a break and come back later. Good luck to you and may God grant you peace, rest and comfort. I will specifically pray that your feelings of being threatened about the coloring community becoming dismantled will be resolved, but have no fear. Certainly you must be so talented in so many areas that I am sure you will continue to be an avid RU-vid giver and receiver. Don't worry, be happy- that is the message I am taking away from this hour long video, I encourage you to do the same if you have hung in here for my entire 2 minute comment. As a therapist, I know you must be feeling like a load has been lifted from your shoulders. Congratulations on speaking up.
Hi Erin! I am on your FB page as Carole and thank you for addressing the issue I had in posting my own art! LOL I had no clue what I was doing because I will post images to my FB page but have never imported them to another pages. I will figure it out and then you will see my mediocre art! LMAO You give such great advice and I just love watching you.
Hi Erin, I would love to see you try some of your new budget friendly pencils on create space paper. I love the flowers that you are coloring in this video.
Hi Sherry! I'll look into doing that soon! I've got the next several videos pretty well booked but maybe if I choose one of those books for my next WIP I'll bring in some of the budget pencils and give them a shot.
I'm enjoying your videos and learning a lot. Just with the first flower petals you coloured in this video - how many different coloured pencils did you use? If you can remember of course. I tried to keep track but it seemed more than three. Thank you.
I also love it that you want to spotlight lesser known artists. I want to see what else is out there. I'm looking forward to seeing who you have discovered!
Sure thing! For those I used these colors (light to dark): Rosy Beige Clay Rose Raspberry Black Raspberry Just blend them all into a gradient, and there you go!
OMG I just found your channel. I love it. I got more colored listening to this than I have in a week. Thank you and I will be following you. You are great
What kind of pin did you use to fill in the spots in on the flowers? I'm new at the coloring thing, I don't know about the tools that make life easy when coloring. I think your RU-vid channel is great. You are a nice young lady and I can tell just by watching your video...
I've coloured as we all do as kids but for thearpy I'm still new my mental health practitioner suggested it so I've started a channel pencilsurprises but haven't uploaded anything yet still nervous but also I'm housebound so I watch colour and chats so I don't feel alone
I've printed tons of picks off Google. I've even took Mariola budeks watercolour mark off his pictures. Maybe if they were a decent price I would buy them.
Good artsupply shops often offers paper samples for a very resonable price. It is a great way to try out quite a few types without going broke. Else buy pads in postcard size.
Hi, Xargot. Thanks for that! It's great advice. My main concern when it comes to recommending paper is finding the right sizes and weights for colorists to put through their printers. Sometimes reducing a PDF to a certain size or even getting a household printer to take a heavier cardstock or paper can be a challenge. The ones I use are all budget-friendly, too. I've tried many kinds and I looooooove Fabriano's watercolor paper, but my printer doesn't like it quite as much as I do. :)
TLDR; Art is subjective! Not everyone likes the same stuff. Or in other words: you like what you like! Someone nailed a banana to a gallery wall and called it art. It was purchased for $80,000, I think.
I really enjoyed it and I really like your coming in Cheerios but my question is this how did you make that kind of fact with those pencils and yours like that when you color how did you make the that subject so beautiful
I LOVE your suggestion to go buy open stock pencil... pick one or two .. use them with what you already have.. see if that is what makes you happy. I always read negative comments or watch WHY someone does NOT like a certain pencil... If people just want to watch you color and not hear you chat... there is a MUTE button. :)
Mmmmhm. And like I said, there are lots of channels where the people behind them have never so much as even introduced themselves. I totally get that people like different things, and for some, a completely impersonal experience is best. I don't mind if someone doesn't like watching - I only mind when someone emails me or messages me after every video telling me they don't like it. I know there are people who don't like it, but that doesn't mean I'm changing anything. Thanks for the comment, Trudy! Glad you liked the suggestion!
Ty for sharing. We all get discouraged, tired. Easy to forget - your talks here help me keep it all in perspective. PS Wld U possibly share the color numbers you’ve used here from Prismacolor? Love your Blue & Burgundy combos. (Still get stuck deciding colors. So I have a practice book ordered!) TY again.
Sure! From light to dark: Blues - Powder Blue, Caribbean Sea, Blue Lake, Periwinkle Burgundy - Rosy Beige, Clay Rose, Raspberry, Black Raspberry The plaque in the middle uses Cream, Ginger Root, Artichoke, and Green Ochre Hope this helps, and I'm really glad the video meant something. Just a lot of things I've been thinking about lately and felt like sharing with everyone.
